Johannesburg, 23 May 2013
allaboutXpert has recently agreed to be a host organisation for the Financial Services SETA (FASSETA), Learning Alliance Consortium (comprising Deloitte Consulting, Duja Consulting and Sonke Skills Solutions) and Rhodes Business School in their "Certificate in Sustainable Business Analysis Workplace Experience" programme.
This programme provides the Rhodes Business School students, studying business analysis, the opportunity to gain valuable work experience as part of their curriculum.
This programme, prior to its launch in 2012, had never been attempted in South Africa before, and is now in its second successful year of operation.
Ryan Milella, the allaboutXpert Graduate Mentor, reported: "The Certificate in Sustainable Business Analysis Workplace Experience is up and running in allaboutXpert, in both Johannesburg and Cape Town. Our graduates have the opportunity to apply their theoretical learnings to real business improvement initiatives, aligned to their skills and know-how. Every graduate understands what is expected of them, and is aware of the mentoring support available to them. allaboutXpert is excited to see less talk about creating development and employment opportunities, and more action, adding value to all the work readiness initiative partners."
allaboutXpert is no stranger to these kinds of initiatives. In June 2012, allaboutXpert CEO Matthew Pitman, while listening to Radio 702, heard Tshepo Sekgobela being interviewed by John Robbie, in a regular time-slot where he interviews graduates struggling to find jobs.
allaboutXpert took the initiative and contacted Sekgobela, inviting him to an interview. Sekgobela accepted allaboutXpert's offer as a trainee consultant. He is a 26-year-old graduate who aspires to become an IT specialist. Sekgobela graduated from the University of South Africa in 2011, with a BCom in Informatics, achieving several distinctions.
allaboutXpert's aim is to continue to be a part of these initiatives, believing that the future of our economy lies in young South Africans, and providing them with these types of opportunities to receive valuable work experience. This is the least organisations should be doing.
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